Kari Hamanaka

Steve Katz has landed at Rodeo Realty, making the move from Hilton & Hyland’s Beverly Hills office to Encino.

The West Hollywood-based brokerage's Malibu Estates went into contract on a Point Dume home at 29200 Larkspur Drive that's listed for $16.5 million, or $2,586 per square foot. It also marked last week's top Los Angeles County home to go into contract, based on a report compiled by Marcy Roth of Douglas Elliman's Eklund Gomes team.

That's what happened Tuesday evening at an event sponsored by the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association as Bass and mayoral hopeful Raman needled one another on accountability and power during the hour-and-a-half debate. While much of Pratt's jabbing since announcing his run for mayor in January, including blaming Raman and Bass for the state of the city, has occurred on social media, Tuesday offered the incumbent and her former supporter a chance to face off directly against one another.

Spencer Pratt, Karen Bass and Nithya Raman sparred over housing, homelessness and cleaning up downtown.

Some in real estate look to hit the exit button on career politicians and go for someone new

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The $23 million sale of a penthouse at 8899 Beverly Boulevard is now the county’s highest-priced condo deal this year.

The film producer pocketed $21 million in the sale of his Daniel Dwosky-designed home.

Trump, another reality-TV-star-turned-politician, offered his thoughts Wednesday when a reporter asked if he saw himself in the former “The Hills” star, who is looking to unseat incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in the upcoming election.

Aaron Kirman 's Christie's International Real Estate Southern California is testing the breadth of demand for coastal condo living, with the brokerage zeroing in on locals previously priced out of the market and international buyers as prospects for the recently opened Privé Malibu.